All tagged Lisa Macuja Elizalde
“A ballet dancer’s work is never done!” declared Lisa Macuja Elizalde. “We continue to always take class, train, and push our bodies to the limit in order to perform effortlessly on stage.”
In this slideshow are photographs of the performances with Ballet Manila continuing the legacy of the Vaganova method and upholding the highest standards of excellence in the classics.
Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s La Traviata will make its Malaysian premiere as DanceLink Performing Arts presents Ballet Manila’s Greatest Hits at the Stage 1 Theatre of the Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre.
Giselle was a peasant girl enjoying the simple things in life. But the dancer that the ballet was choreographed for was anything but.
As Giselle returns to the stage on August 31 and September 1 at Aliw Theater, we look back to the company’s many performances of the classic and celebrate Ballet Manila’s history of excellence.
For Giselle, one of the most cherished works in classical ballet, world-renowned principal dancer Renata Shakirova and soloist Alexei Timofeyev of the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia, have been flown in to the Philippines to perform with Ballet Manila.
Through the years, Ballet Manila has had a successful series of productions dubbed Halo-Halo.
